Storytelling is delivering an events in words, and images, often by improvisation .Stories or narratives have been shared in every culture as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation, and instilling moral values. Crucial elements of stories and storytelling include plot, characters, and narrative point of view.

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• Students who are active in the classroom are more involved in learning able to concentrate becoming more alert in the class.

• the students more motivated in learning and do the activity in classroom.

• they enjoy the gameand excited while doing activity.
  

• students who are interested and excited about what they are doing in class are less likely to act out to distrupt the class.

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"The Telephone Rings"

Procedures

1. Sing the song several times for the children. Then, lead them in singing it as a group until they all know it.
2. With the children seated in a circle, pass a toy telephone (which can be simply a u-shaped tube) around.
3. When each child holds the telephone, it is his or her turn to sing the song adding the name of the next child at the end.

"Shoo Fly"

Procedures

1. Sing the song with the following action:
• Children pretend to slap the fly off their knees while singing the lines,"Shoo Fly! Don’t bother me / Shoo Fly! Don’t bother me / Shoo Fly! Don’t bother me, for I belong to somebody."
• With partners or alone, have the children turn in a small circle while singing new lines to the tune: "I feel like a morning star / I feel like a morning star / I feel like a morning star, for I belong to somebody."
2. Have the children repeat the slapping verse again, then sing and circle to "I feel like a rainbow rain."
3. Repeat the sequence with the words "I feel like a sunshine day" to the verse in which the children circle.
4. Encourage the children to begin alone and then to add a partner.
5. After the children achieve a comfort level with these stages, increase the circle size to four and then to eight.

Link:

https://www.teachervision.com/music/lesson-plan/5352.html

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1.Schedule daily music and movement activities in your classroom. If music and movement are on your daily schedule, chances are those activities will happen versus doing them at random times and days.

2.Include locomotor skills such as running, jumping, skipping, hopping and sliding in your in the physical activities you do with the children.

3.Music is a great motivator to move. Vary the kinds of music you use to get your children moving and encourage them to fully explore different ways to move.

4.Explore a variety of ways to move and characters to move about as, for example,elephants, rabbits or dogs.

5.Add stories to your music and movement activities.

6.Integrate music and movement with other curricular areas such as literacy or basic mathematic

Link:

http://www.edact.com/blog/?cat=3

Step 1

Play music and encourage children to dance freestyle. Use a variety types of music and show children some different ways to move to the music. Demonstrate ballet moves for slow music and air guitar for faster songs.

Step 2

Give children musical instruments and show them how to play them. Teach children how to march around the room in a parade or marching band formation as they play their instrument. Show them how to walk or march to a beat.

Step 3

Teach children the songs and actions.Design some actions to popular children's songs and invite children to make up their own actions as well.

Step 4

Demonstrate to children how to chant to teach them the beat.Make up some chants and teach children to clap to the beat. When they already mastered the clapping and can clap according to the beat, encourage them to stomp their feet, sway, wave their arms or march in place.

Step 5

Play musical games that include movement. Try playing a game such as "Freeze Dance," which encourages children to dance until the music stops, when they are supposed to freeze.

3.Steps for StorytellingThere are many steps for storytelling,such as :

1) speak in an authentic voice.

Writing a story from the voice of the brand necessitates understanding the voice and personality of the brand. A brand’s personality is the set of human traits we attribute to that brand that brings it to life for consumers. For example, if we’re writing a story for an older audience from an established, dignified brand, a life insurance or financial services company, we would never use phrases like “LOL”, or “OMG.” That’s obvious, we say, of course you wouldn’t. But you might use those terms if we were writing about a newer, internet-based bank targeting an audience that speaks that way.

2) The power of specifics, details and imagery

3) Show, don’t tell

4) Know the end at the beginning

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2.Why Storytelling?

Storytelling is the oldest form of teaching. It bonded the early human communities, giving children the answers to the biggest questions of creation, life, and the afterlife. Stories define us, shape us, control us, and make us. Not every human culture in the world is literate, but every single culture tells stories.

Teachers use storytelling in language teaching for several reasons. One of the preliminary reasons is the funny and entertaining atmosphere storytelling creates in the classroom. A teacher of English needs to be imaginative, creative; and telling stories in English Language Teaching can surely assist to make the process of teaching and learning more motivating, interesting and interactive. These are some of numerous reasons for using storytelling effectively in your classroom:

1.. Promotes a feeling of well being and relaxation.

2.. Increases children’s willingness to communicate thoughts and feelings.

-The students are will to communicate in English among them and ask the teacher in second language. 

3.. Builds verbal self-confidence.

-They become brave to communicate in English and more confidence.

4.. Integrates multiple learning contexts (reading, listening, speaking, writing, grammar, vocabulary) into a single instructional input.

5.. Builds community chemistry.

6.. Enhances reading, listening and critical thinking skills.

-By hearing stories, the students can enhance their listening  skills.

http://shamali288.wordpress.com/2013/06/30/using-storytelling-in-classroom/

a) Music and movement promotes children's social development in the sense that that these activities involve relating to others. Children share space and work individually, in partners and in small groups. They share ideas, thoughts and feelings through the mediums of music and creative dance. Singing or chanting can help make routine activities and transitions, such as gathering children into a circle or group activity, smoother and more enjoyable.

http://www.niu.edu/ccc/resources/importanceofmusicandmovement.pdf

b) It also contributes to the growth of children's physical development where application of music and movement in learning encourages the children to move about and as children create music, they improve fine motor skills, coordination, and rhythm. Music also entices one to move and dance. Participating in movement or dance activities while listening to music enhances children’s ability to sequence sound, recognize and respond to rhythm patterns, and discriminate melodies (Ferguson, 2005). As children dance to music, they increase coordination, flexibility, and motor skills. They develop body awareness and self-confidence. Like music, dance is an art form and a means of communication. Through dance, children communicate feelings, thoughts, and cultural values and beliefs.

c) Implementation of music and movement in the syllabus promotes cognitive development in which many studies have found a correlation between music abilities and academic achievement (Shore & Strasser, 2006). Music can aid in all areas of the child’s development. A study of 106 preschool children found that those exposed to a systematic and integrated music program significantly increased their motor, cognitive, language, and social-emotional scores as assessed by the Preschool Evaluation Scale (McCarney, 1992).

Singing relevant songs can help children to learn science, math, and language concepts (Miche, 2002). History and geography can also be enhanced by examining the music of the time period or geographic area. Music can also assist with memorization. When items to be memorized are set to music, children remember them more readily (Sawyers & Hutson-Brandhagen, 2004).

Music is organized mathematically; music and math support one another (Sawyers & Hutson-Brandhagen, 2004, p. 46). As children hear and move to a beat or read music, they use one-to-one correspondence skills. As they recall a series of sounds or actions (head, shoulders, knees and toes) they gain seriation skills.

There is also a strong relationship between music and spatial-temporal intelligence (the ability to visualize and mentally manipulate spatial patterns). A review of nineteen studies found this relationship was even stronger if children also learned music notation (Hetland & Winner, 2001). Other studies support these findings. When researchers assigned preschool children to computer lessons, piano lessons, singing lessons, or no lessons, those who received piano lessons showed a 34% increase in spatial-temporal intelligence while there was no change in children in the other groups (Shaw, 2003). Researchers found similar results in elementary age children (Schellenberg, 2004).

http://www.education.com/reference/article/music-center-enhance-children-development/

1. Make sure you are well prepared

This can ensure that you can present very smoothly with less stuttering and pause

2. Understand the story before presenting

It is encouraged that you fully understand the whole story before presenting so that you can portray and present the story very well

3. Start with a BANG!!

Before starting the story, attract listeners attention.

3. Be confident and use clear voice

The listeners might get awed by the confidence shown and most likely to pay full attention to your story.

4. Maintain good eye contact with the audience

The audience might get the thought, "It seems like you were storytelling to me personally."

5. Gestures are encouraged but make sure it is calm and suitable with the mood

Exaggerated gestures might drew audience's attention away

6. Use natural language and intonation

The audience can tell if the storyteller is memorizing the script. Audience will be more attracted if you can present more naturally

7. Keep the dialogue clear

You can use different voices when presenting dialogue by different characters

http://writtent.com/blog/15-storytelling-techniques-writing-better-brand-story/

This is an example of a storytelling by using props which is puppets. Enjoy watching it!! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J2mg4B8yL0

6. Advantages and disadvantages of using puppets

Advantage

1. Puppets can attract audience's attention especially chidren

2. It can maintain more dramatic expression

3. Usage of puppets is more interesting during storytelling

4. Usage of puppets can express actions

Disadvantage

1. Some people might find this method immature and not suitable for all ages

2. The puppets might distract the process of storytelling

3. The audience might also pay too much attention studying the puppets and do not listen to the story